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10/07/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1640-10/7/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Russia plans to ban 'baby boxes' for unwanted infants
Baby boxes in Russia. Just 20 boxes in the world largest country have saved 50 unwanted babies for the last five years. Those are the boxes that mothers, fathers or anyone, can leave unwanted babies safely without leaving their identities. The practice of placing such rescue boxes isn’t limited in Russia. There are numbers of countries that have such boxes or facilities including the US, Japan and China. This practice is highly disputed as to whether it encourages more mothers to abandon their babies or saves more babies from being dumped in the woods or toilets to die. In fact, such baby-saving installment isn’t new. Churches and temples were a common place for desperate mothers to leave their unwanted babies. Today, there are stages to avoid accepting or making babies, birth control, contraception, abortion and baby-box that are all highly controversial.
Enjoy reading and thinking what is behind the 50 babies that have been saved in five years. It is too many or few? 

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